Job 16:5-7

The Voice

⁵ But I believe I would use my words to encourage you;
my lips would move only to offer you relief.

⁶    And yet, I am not you, you are not me,
        and my words are of no real use:
    When I speak, my pain is not relieved;
        if I remain silent, it does not go away.
⁷    God has drained me utterly;
        He has made those near to me desolate—killed my family and my servants.